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| − | + | '''Make senior software professionals from Sun Microsystems available to educational institutes throughout Germany''' | |
| − | + | ==The Objectives== | |
| − | + | * guide, teach and mentor students | |
| − | + | ** lectures | |
| − | + | ** demos | |
| − | + | ** presentations | |
| − | + | ** project guidance | |
| − | + | ** work shops | |
| + | ** diploma thesis mentoring | ||
| − | + | * help university professors to enrich their lectures in software classes with the feedback of experts from industrial practice of research & development. | |
| − | + | ** consult | |
| − | + | ** co-lecture | |
| − | + | ** training | |
| − | + | ** project setup | |
Revision as of 10:04, 21 May 2008
The Idea
Make senior software professionals from Sun Microsystems available to educational institutes throughout Germany
The Objectives
- guide, teach and mentor students
- lectures
- demos
- presentations
- project guidance
- work shops
- diploma thesis mentoring
- help university professors to enrich their lectures in software classes with the feedback of experts from industrial practice of research & development.
- consult
- co-lecture
- training
- project setup
The Benefits
- Professors
- can access professionals of a technology leading global company to get information of the experiences, experts made at Sun Microsystems in an environment of globally distributed software development projects in the open source arena.
- can shape their lectures according to what really happens in the open source world
- can get help with setting up "real world/real usage" software projects for their students
- can be informed, coached and trained about bleeding edge technologies in industry
- may embed presentations from senior experts in their lectures
- may conduct scientific colloquia for well known professionals in the open source world
- Students
- can get information from senior experts of the practice
- can access the experience "rookies" made in the industry when they first came to hit the road
- can get help with their thesis work
- can get guidance in their project works
- can participate at "real" software projects which may serve as reference later when they apply for a job
- can gain experience in global open source projects working in a distributed software development environment
- work in projects together with well known, highly experienced professionals from a global technology leading company
- can gain project management experience in FOSS projects
- Sun Microsystems
- can inform professors and students about to what extend Sun is driving FOSS
- can transfer knowledge and information about Sun's open source projects, sponsorship and activities
- can generate interest for professors and students to participate, collaborate and contribute to open source
- can evangelize FOSS and promote "choice" over "vendor lock in"
- can identify high skilled students participating in open source projects for vacant positions@Sun
- can gain fresh and new perspectives from requirements of students and educational institutes
